Smilno 6 - 0 Slovan (383819901)

Dark skies made the crowd of 36358 at Smilno Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Heino Heikkinen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ernest Coue and Luc Metzenbauer. Smilno had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Závracký - Hansson, Kahánek, Silváš, Machado - György, Tomík, Gedó, Pajarel, Kubicza - Vican.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Slovan. The following players took the field: Lichvarčík - Tuka, Janičík, Hodúr, Páling - Skrúcaný, Grach, Štadler, Povoľný - Lojan, Bimbo.

L. György sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from T. Vican after 10 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 0. 15 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as T. Vican broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Smilno. 16 minutes into the match T. Vican put Smilno ahead 3 - 0 with a truly marvelous free kick. Smilno's T. Vican saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 28 minutes. Smilno's P. Tomík increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 34 minutes. The players of Smilno now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Halftime score was 4 - 0. Smilno had most of the ball, with 76 percent of possession.

Things were going to get worse for the visitors. V. Gedó squirmed through their central defence after 79 minutes, increasing the lead to 5 - 0. Slovan's M. Janičík was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 80 minutes. Smilno increased the lead as P. Tomík struck to make the score 6 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. 83 minutes in, Slovan's V. Skrúcaný received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Smilno, with 73 percent of the ball.

L. György performed admirably for Smilno. On the other hand, M. Kahánek's play was disheartening. Slovan's top performer was clearly M. Povoľný. F. Grach on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 0.